Lewis Hamilton won the Styrian Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to clinch an 85th career win and move within six of Michael Schumacher's Formula One record.
Most of Schumacher's wins were during a dominant spell with Ferrari, but his old team is struggling badly. For the second time in the past four races, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel crashed into each other and went out.Hamilton's record-extending 89th career pole on a rain-drenched track was one of his best in extreme conditions, but during the race he was hardly challenged as he finished a sizeable 13.7 seconds ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and 33.
Montreal's Lance Stroll of Racing Point was seventh, picking up six points. Toronto rookie Nicholas Latifi of Williams Mercedes was 17th. "I have no reason to doubt any of my ability or skills. I know what I'm capable of," the Finnish driver said. "I really feel some improvements in my driving since last year that's why I'm confident it will be a good battle for the championship this year."
McLaren's Carlos Sainz Jr. started from third and finished ninth, but collected a bonus point for the fastest lap.Leclerc tried to overtake down the right entering a hairpin bend and ended up riding over the back of Vettel's car, mangling his rear wing and prompting a safety car to come out for two laps.
Hamilton came in for fresh tires soon after and then Bottas a few laps later, meaning that by Lap 38 Verstappen was second again -- still five seconds adrift of Hamilton. "When Valtteri tried to pass me I tried to make it a bit more difficult," Verstappen said. "The podium is good but there's still a lot of work to do."
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